21 October 2025 in Russo-Ukrainian war
- Russians attacked with Iskanders, S-300 and almost a hundred unmanned aerial vehicles, missiles and 37 drones could not be destroyed
- Russia attacked Ukraine twice overnight with ballistics
- Russia attacked Kharkiv with aerial bombs - 11 injured, at least 15 houses damaged
- The Russians targeted heating and energy facilities in Chernihiv region
- A complete blackout in Chernihiv - the city switches to generators after Russian shelling
- Russia attacked a critical infrastructure facility in Cherkasy region
- Russians hit Kherson with "Shakhed" - 3 injured
- The Rostov region of Russia was massively attacked by drones
- Callas: Ukraine should not give up territory in exchange for peace with Russia
- In Poland, eight people who could prepare sabotage were detained
- EU leaders supported Trump's initiative to cease fire in Ukraine
- Lavrov said that Russia will not stop hostilities despite the call of European leaders
- The Russian Federation attacked Novgorod-Siversky - four people were killed and some were wounded
- Hungary plans to appeal the refusal of Russian gas to the EU Court of Justice
- Axios: The White House currently sees no need to arrange a meeting between Rubio and Lavrov
- Bloomberg: Europe, together with Ukraine, is preparing a 12-point proposal to end the war with Russia
- The intelligence of Britain writes about increasing the intensity of strikes by the Russian Federation on critical infrastructure
- Reuters: After the conversation between Trump and Putin, Russia voiced the same demands for peace
- The Armed Forces hit the Bryansk Chemical Plant with Storm Shadow missiles
- Trump on the summit with Putin: I don't want the meeting to be in vain
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine regained their positions in the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian Federation occupied Poltavaka in Zaporizhzhia
- ZSU: In a day, they destroyed about a thousand invaders and 11 enemy combat vehicles
- Armed Forces: 167 clashes with the enemy at the front, more than 60 of them in the Pokrovsky direction